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Species
Red-fronted Parrot
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Poicephalus
- Image
- Poicephalus gulielmi -Birds of Eden -South Africa-8a-3c.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Poicephalus gulielmi
- taxon name
- Poicephalus gulielmi
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- Poicephalus gulielmi
- taxon common name
- papagaio-de-coroa-vermelha
- litter size
- 2.8
- egg incubation period
- 27
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- P. gulielmi
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The red-fronted parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi), also known as Jardine's parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot distributed across wide areas of Africa. It has three subspecies. The extent and shade of the red or orange plumage on its head, thighs, and bend of wings vary depending on the subspecies.
They are popular as pets, partly because of their ability to mimic speech and copy sounds. Trapping of wild birds for the pet trade is a potential threat to wild populations; however, they are protected by CITES (appendix II) making the trade, import and export of all wild-caught parrots illegal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red-fronted Parrot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.